Gentiana laotica, a new species of Gentianaceae from Laos

Abstract

A new species of Gentiana (Gentianaceae), G. laotica Soulad., Tagane & Yahara, from Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area, Vientiane Province, central Laos, is described. Photographs, vernacular name, DNA barcodes of rbcL, matK and ITS, and preliminary conservation status are provided for the new species.

Two new species and 18 new records for the flora of Laos

“…Since 2015, we have conducted eight field surveys to assess the Lao flora, and accumulated a total of 3,460 specimens collected from Nam Ha National Protected Area (NPA), Nam Kading NPA, Phou Khao Khuoay NPA, and Dong Hua Sao NPA. Using these materials, previously we reported 79 vascular plant species new to the flora of Laos including 18 new species in 11 families (Souladeth et al, 2017(Souladeth et al, , 2018(Souladeth et al, , 2019(Souladeth et al, , 2020(Souladeth et al, , 2021aSouvannakhoummane et al, 2018;Suetsugu et al, 2018;Tagane et al, 2018aTagane et al, , b, c, 2020aTagane et al, , b, 2021Tanaka et al, 2020;Yang et al, 2018;Nagahama et al, 2019).…”

Gentiana bolavenensis (Gentianaceae), a new species from Dong Hua Sao National Protected Area in southern Laos

“…Later, Hul (2007) described an additional species, G. khammouanensis Hul from Nakai Nam Theun, Khammouan Province. More recently, a fifth Gentiana species, G. laotica Soulad., Tagane & Yahara, was described from Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area (Souladeth et al 2018). Following the discovery of G. laotica, our recent field surveys in Dong Hua Sao National Protected Area (Fig.…”